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Jk47

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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #30 on: December 31, 2018, 02:11:50 PM »
Still in the ocean. Not a sniff for me and my partner all day. Heard there was another 15 plus lb fish brought in to the scale at Fred’s this morning though
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #31 on: December 31, 2018, 09:19:58 PM »
Quote from: Jk47 on December 31, 2018, 02:11:50 PM
Still in the ocean. Not a sniff for me and my partner all day. Heard there was another 15 plus lb fish brought in to the scale at Fred’s this morning though

Fished from Bridge to bridge. walked 10km today. Tired is all I get.
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #32 on: January 01, 2019, 10:04:53 AM »
The bucket brigade is cleaning all the "hatchery rainbows" from this system before they have time to migrate to sea.
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #33 on: January 01, 2019, 03:25:10 PM »
9 lb 6 oz doe weighed in at Chilliwack Dart and Tackle this morning but not by me
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #34 on: January 02, 2019, 06:58:56 PM »
Quote from: Hike_and_fish on January 01, 2019, 10:04:53 AM
The bucket brigade is cleaning all the "hatchery rainbows" from this system before they have time to migrate to sea.

I had abit of a chuckle at that one.

watching the graph level out and with rainfall warning looks like a blowout for tomorrow
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #35 on: January 02, 2019, 07:23:41 PM »
16.907lb hatchery buck weighed in at Fred's today, plus one other 10lber weighed in by an angler who is not in the derby. 8)

https://www.facebook.com/fredscustomtackle/photos/a.115033951919245/1984782031611085/?type=3&theater
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #36 on: January 03, 2019, 10:43:04 AM »
Quote from: Rodney on January 02, 2019, 07:23:41 PM
16.907lb hatchery buck weighed in at Fred's today, plus one other 10lber weighed in by an angler who is not in the derby. 8)

https://www.facebook.com/fredscustomtackle/photos/a.115033951919245/1984782031611085/?type=3&theater
Interesting as all the rain has taken in toll on conditions in the Lower anyway.
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #37 on: January 03, 2019, 01:38:03 PM »
Quote from: chris gadsden on January 03, 2019, 10:43:04 AM
Interesting as all the rain has taken in toll on conditions in the Lower anyway.

Time to bring out the swooshing rod! ;D
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #38 on: January 03, 2019, 02:24:33 PM »
River nearly op 2 feet since the AM.
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #39 on: January 03, 2019, 02:43:28 PM »
Seems like we are getting december rains in January, interesting
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #40 on: January 03, 2019, 03:11:53 PM »
Just saw a couple of steelheads swimming up on Hastings Street in Vancouver
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #41 on: January 04, 2019, 12:13:15 PM »
Needless to say today, "Mud."
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #42 on: January 06, 2019, 09:50:14 AM »
Checked the river at first light in  the wind storm and visibility around a foot. Saw a coho that was making its last swim.
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #43 on: January 07, 2019, 12:46:30 PM »
Water nice but catching is tough.
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Re: 2018/19 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #44 on: January 07, 2019, 12:59:22 PM »
A few fish have been weighed in today. I guess I should go for a drive... ;D



https://www.facebook.com/fredscustomtackle/posts/1991552467600708
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